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This week with NSF Director Panchanathan

In a whirlwind week, NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan focused on strengthening and scaling collaborations to create both powerful local and global…
September 22, 2023
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San Francisco Fire Department Community Paramedicine members and San José State University researchers engage in a participatory brainstorming activity on interventions to prevent and treat moral injury and strengthen equity capacity in community paramedicine.

Civic Innovation Challenge awards $19M for climate change resilience and community-driven innovation

When a natural catastrophe strikes, how effectively are communities able to marshal access to resources and services? Across the nation, 19 teams of…
September 21, 2023
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Workers on a ship releasing a scientific buoy into the ocean

Enabling key oceanographic science for the 21st century: NSF announces renewal of the Ocean Observatories Initiative facility award

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced a $220 million award to a coalition of research organizations, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic…
September 21, 2023
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Ancient DNA suggests African cattle arrived in the Americas more than a century before records indicate.

Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of cattle in the Americas

Cattle may seem like uniquely American animals, steeped in the lore of cowboys, cattle drives and sprawling ranches. In a study funded in part by the…
September 21, 2023
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Large-scale wildfires sparked by human activity were the cause of the extinction of ice age mammals in Southern California 13,000 years ago.

Scientists zero in on timing, causes of ice age mammal extinctions in Southern California

The end of the last ice age also marked the end for more than three dozen genera of large mammals in North America, from mammoths and mastodons to…
September 21, 2023
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NSF invests $25M to advance technologies and communications to operate securely through 5G networks

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) is tackling 5G communication infrastructure and…
September 21, 2023
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Dry lightning can still be disastrous even when conditions aren't dry.

Dry lightning can spark wildfires even under wetter conditions

Dry lightning can still be disastrous even when conditions aren't so dry, a study has found. These cloud-to-ground strikes during little to no…
September 19, 2023
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A study found that the amount of methane from streams and rivers is primarily controlled by the surrounding habitat.

Mapping methane emissions from rivers around globe reveals surprising sources

Freshwater ecosystems account for half of global emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Rivers and streams…
September 19, 2023
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One of the award winners of this year’s DMREF is the small-molecule ionic-isolation lattices (SMILES), a new class of fluorescent materials that are brightest ever reported.

NSF invests $72.5M to design revolutionary materials

A $72.5 million investment from the U.S. National Science Foundation will drive the design, discovery and development of advanced materials needed to…
September 18, 2023
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Global Centers: Use-Inspired Research Addressing Global Challenges in Climate Change and Clean Energy

NSF, international partners, invest $76.4 million in inaugural Global Centers Competition awards

Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation — along with partner funding agencies from Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom — announced awards…
September 18, 2023
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